'WEDNESDAY.. JANUARY 12. 1955
Pantie! 'Defeats . .
Quota C h ange
• "Panhellenic Council last night defeated the recommendation to
set, up, a flexible quota system for sorority membership. The recom
nielldation will be sent back to committee for further revision.
The council voted to replace the strict silence ruling during
rushing to a semi-strict period. This will mean that rushees and
sorority women will be allowed
to talk but not 'concerning sorori
ties.
Frosh Suggest
Datin g Revision
Freshman Council last night
suggested that an honor system
over -a shorter period 0..: time be
used to enforce the :5:30 dating
rule- for freshman 'women... The
present ruling requires enforce
ment for one semester.: •
COuncil representatives we r e
asked to carry the diScussion back
to the women in their dormitory
units. . •
. .
..The dating rule forbid's' IreSh
man women from dating after
5:30 p.m. on week nights, :
A committee will be aPpointed
to look into the possibility:tit
stalling vending machines' in/Mc-
Allister Hall for student , use.
Student activity 'cards were-dis
tributed to the counci: representa
tives for distribution among the
women in their units. -The cards
are to be filled out, and returned
to members of the council.
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be "big names" to draw votes;
admittedly our biggest names are
our sports figures. Arid let's face
it. There just aren't" that 'many
sports heroes on campus Willing
to throw in the towel: and, be All-
University something-or-others.
Thus, about the only • way, a
third party could make •a , go of it
at this time would be to replace•
one of the present parties, in Much
the same way that the Lion and.
State parties did in 1947 and 1948..
And to replace a tradition - SO firm
ly planted as either Lion or State
party will take one of .two things:
an amazing amount .of: ingenuitY'
or a mighty sharp knife. >=
If the rumors of :a third partY
are true, as .they. might 'Well be,
the "founders" are taking • a 'big
bite. They'll succeed, most - likely,
if the students feel a need for
their party and if the party is set
up -to offer students what they
feel lacking in the - present two
groups.
The situation, whatever. the re
sults, should make • interesting
watching.. After all,.change is the
backbone of progress. So, be it.
Sc.ii3fi class to HoJci
Entertainment Auditions
Auditions for entertainment of
the, sophomore class at the class
meeting March 5 will be held at
:15 p.in. tomorrow in 200 Car
negie, Donald Genhart, talent
committee chairman, has an
nounced. '
'Any member of the sophomore
class I.S- eligible. Members of the
talent committee should attend
the 'meeting, he said.
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'ions ac-
The flexible quota recommen
dation defeated by council pro
vided that the membership for
all /sororities would not go below
50 or exceed 60 girls. The quota
would be set by the council after
it was determined how many
sorority women were returning
and how many women were
rushing , .
Approves Code
Council approved the. Panhel
lenic rushing code after a few
changes were recommended. The
changes included:
1.. Second semester women with
a 1.3 All-University average are
eligible for rushing.
2. , Two informal rush periods
will be held in 1955-56.
'3. Coffee Hour invitations will
be printed by Panhellenic Council.
• 4. A semi-strict silence period
will be observed between Open
Houses and ribboning.
s 5. There will be a lapse of one
week between the formal and in
•formal rush period. This will be
a semi-strict period.
6. All-women who rush inform
ally must" register at the Dean of
Women's office.
Committees will be appointed
by Louise Moreman, Council pres
ident, from each dormitory to
plan teas to be held for freshmen
this spring. The teas are designed
to orientate freshmen to sorority
life.
Patricia McLaughlin was ap
pointed as council's representa
tive to Women's Student Govern
ment Association Senate. She will
replace .JoAnne Caruso, council
vice president. Hester Anskis was
appointed rushing chairman.
Sororities were asked by Miss
Moreman to turn in pictures for
next year's rushing booklet to
131 Simmons before next semes
ter.
K'aufman-Duckman
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Duck
man of Brooklyn, N.Y., announce
the marriage of their daughter
Sondra to Herman Kaufman, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kaufman
,of Scranton.
Mrs. Kaufman is an eighth se
mester industrial psychology ma
jor. She is the former local adver
tising manager of the Daily Col
legian.
Mr. Kaufman , was graduated
from the University and is now
doing engineering work and at
tending Temple Law School.
The couple will reside in Phila
delphia.
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Frosh Teas
Marriages
Library Given
Art Collection
From Australia
As a memorial to. her two sons
who lost their lives in World
War 11, Mrs. N. W. Moody, of
Perth, Australia, has donated a
collection of Australian art and
literature to the University.
Both men were amateur art
collectors, as is their mother. In
order to help further the cause
of international relations and be
caUse of the close collaboration
between American and Austra
lian forces during the last war,
Mrs. Moody decided to place part
of their collection in an American
university.
She selected the University be
cause of the work being done
here in the field of British domin
ions literature. The University is
the only institution offering such
a course.
'The collection will be on ex
hibit throughout this month in
the lobby of Pattee Library.
UCA Wig! Hear
Convention Report
A report on the National Stu
dent Assembly of Young Men's
Christian Association and Young
Women's Christian Association,
held at the University of Kansas
Dec. 27 to Jan. 2, will be given
at the University Christian As
sociation assembly at 7 tonight
in 304 Old Main.
Representing the UCA at the
YMCA and YWCA assembly were
Glen Elder, Douglas Finnemore,
Linda Gerber, Robert Hare, Jan
ice Huber, students; the Rev.
Luther Harshbarger, University
chaplain; and the Rev. Robert
Starbuck, program associate of
UCA.
Students attending the assem
bly studied the needs of students
in relation to the national and
world situation and explored the
resources of the Christian faith.
Outing Club Plan
Wild Game Dinner
The field and stream division
of the Penn State Outing . Club
will meet at 7:30 tonight in 317
Willard to complete plans for the
wild game banquet to be held
Sunday at the Stone V all e y
Forestry Cabin.
Outing Club members who have
not signed up for the banquet
may do so at the meeting. The
banquet will be free to members
of the club. Meat for the meal
was taken by members of the
field and stream division during
hunting season.
Ski Trip to Be Planned
Persons interested in attending
a ski trip to Red House in Alle
gheny State Park, N.Y., during
the week between semesters will
meet .at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in
301 Recreation Hall to make plans
for the trip.
The Penn State Outing Club
is sponsoring the outing.
PrOvenzano-Miller
Mr. and Mrs. George •W. Miller
of Hanover announce the engage
ment of their daughter Glorietta
to Russell Provenzano, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph .Provenzano of
Washington, Pa.
Miss Miller is a fifth semester
business administration major
and a member of Delta Zeta.
Mr. Provenzano is a seventh
semester business administration
major and a member of Delta
Sigma Phi.
Smith-Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Wilson
of Pittsburgh announce the en
gagement of their daughter Carol
to, Lawrence Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Smith of
Pittsburgh.
Miss Wilson is an eighth semes
ter elementary education major
and a member of Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Mr. Smith is a seventh semester
mechanical engineering major at
Carnegie Institute of Technology.
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Max.ghaidn
(Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek" eta)
SCIENCE MADE SIMPLE: No. 1
In this day and age, as I like to call it, everybody should know
something about science. Unfortunately, however, the great majority
of us are majoring in elocution,
and we do not get a chance to take
any science. But we can at least learn the fundamentals.
Though this column is intended to be a source of innocent merri
ment for all sexes and not to concern itself with weighty matters,
I have asked the makers of Philip Morris whether I might not from
time to time use this space for a short lesson in science. "Makers,"
I said to them, "might I not from time to time use this space for a
short lesson in science?"
"Bless you, lad!" cried the makers, chuckling. "You may cer
tainly use this space from time to time for a short lesson in science."
They are very benign men, the makers; fond of children, small
animals, community singing, and simple country food. Their benevo
lence is due in no small measure to the cigarettes they smoke, for
Philip Morris is a cigarette to soothe the most savage of breasts. I
refer not only to the quality of the tobacco which, as everyone
knows, is amiable, humane, and gracious but also to' the quality
of the package. Here is no fiendishly contrived container to fray the
fingernails and rasp the nerves. Here, instead, is the .most ' simple
of devices: you pull a tab, a snap is heard, and there, ready.at hand,
are your Philip Morris Cigarettes. Strike -a -match, take a puff, -and
heave a delicious little rippling sigh of pure content.
So, with the cordial concurrence of the makers, I will from time to
time devote this. column to a brief lesson in science. .
Let us start today with chemistry. It is fitting that chemistry
should be the first of our series, for chemistry is the oldest of sciences,
having been discovered by Ben Franklin in 123 B.C. when an apple
fell on his head while he was shooting the breeze with Pythagoras
one day outside the Acropolis. (The reason they were outside the
Acropolis and not inside was that Pythagoras had been thrown out
for drawing right triangles all over the walls. They had several
meetings outside the Acropolis, but finally Franklin said, "Look,
Pythagoras, this is nothing against you, see, but I'm no kid any more
and if I keep laying around on this wet grass with you, I'm liable
to get the break-bone fever. I'M going inside." Pythagoras, friendless
now, moped around Athens for a while, then drifted off to Brussels
where he married a girl named Harriet Sigafoos and went into the
linseed oil game. He would also certainly be forgotten today had
not Shakespeare written "Othello.")
But I digress. We were beginning a discussion of chemistry, and
the best way to begin is, of course, with fundamentals. Chemicals
are divided into elements. There are four: air, earth, fire; and-water.
Any number of delightful combinations can be made from these
elements, such as firewater, dacron, and chef's salad. .
Chemicals can be further divided into the classes of explosive
and non-explosive. A wise chemist always touches a match to his
chemicals before he. begins an experiment.
A great variety of containers of different sizes and shapes are used
in a chemistry lab. There are tubes, vials, beakers, flasks, pipettes,
and retorts. (A retort is also a snappy comeback, such as "Oh, yeah?"
or "So's your old man!"
(Perhaps the most famous retort ever made was delivered by none
other than Noah Webster himself. It seems that one day Mr. Web
ster's wife walked unexpectedly into Mr. Webster's office and found
Mr. Webster's secretary sitting on Mr. Webster's knee. "Why Mr.
Webster!" cried Mr. Webster's wife. "I am surprised!"
("No, my dear," he replied. "I am surprised. You are astonished!'
(Well, sir, it must be admitted that old Mr. Webster got off a
good one, but still one can not help wishing he had spent less time
trifling with his secretary, and more time working on his diction
ary. Many of his definitions show an appalling want of scholarship.
Take, for instance, what happened to me not long ago. I went to the
dictionary to look up "houghband" which is a band that you pass
around the leg and neck of an animal. At the time I was planning
to pass bands around the legs and necks of some animals, and I
wanted to be sure I ordered the right thing.
(Well sir, thumbing through the H's in the dictionary, I hap
pened to come across 'horse.' And this is how Mr. Webster defines
"horse"—"a large, solid hoofed herbivorous mammal, used as a
draft animal."
(Now this, I submit, is just plain sloppiness. The most cursory
investigation would havc shown Mr. Webster that horses are not
mammals. Mammals give milk. Horses do not give milk. It has to be
taken from them under the most severe duress.
(Nor is the horse a draft animal, as Mr. Webster says. Man is a
draft animal. Mr. Webster obviously had the cavalry in mind, but
even in the cavalry it is men who are drafted. Horses volunteer.)
But I digress. We were discussing chemistry. I have told you the
most important aspects, but there are many more—far too many
to cover in the space remaining here. However, I am sure that there
is a fine chemistry lab at your very own college. Why don't you go up
some afternoon and poke around? Make a kind of fun day out of it.
Bring ukeleles., Wear funny hats. Toast frankfurters on the Bunsen
burners. Be gay, be merry, be loose, for chemistry is your friend!
Okras Shulman, 19&4
This column is .brought to you by the makers of PHILIP MORRIS
who think you would enjoy their cigarette.
Engag
meats
Pope-Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hall of
Fredericktown announce the en
gagement of their daughter Joetta
to Fred Pope, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Pope of Luzerne.
Miss Hall is a seventh semester
business administration major.
She is a member of Delta Zeta
and president of Chi Theta.
Mr. Pope graduated from the
University in 1952 and is now a
lieutenant in the United States
Army.
Sherlock-Bourne
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Bourne
of Philadelphia announce the en
gagement of their daughter
Dorothea to Charles Sherlock,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles N.
Sherlock of Mifflintown..
Miss Bourne is a seventh se
-In2ster elementary education ma
jor and a member of Delta Zeta.
Mr. Sherlock is a ninth semes
tcr civil engineering major and
a member of Kappa Sigma.
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